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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does the character in Poem Seven say she could not have see her in her current situation?
2. What is the purpose of Poem One?
3. What is the title of Poem One?
4. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?
5. In Poem Six, which character says, "pin-ups attached to the insides of his lapels"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Poem One represent? What is its significance?
2. Describe Poem Nine.
3. How is dance used in Poem Three?
4. What does Poem Eighteen allow the characters to do? What do the characters use the poem to describe?
5. What does the lady in brown mean in Poem One when she says, "dark phrases of womanhood/ of never havin been a girl/ half-notes scattered/ without rhythm/ no tune"?
6. What is the purpose of Poem Six?
7. Describe the poetic imagery in Poem Seven.
8. How does the playwright bring universality to the script in Poem One?
9. What happens in Poem Twelve? How do the women deal with the situation that arises?
10. What clue(s) does the playwright provide to the audience so that they know Poem One is about African American women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As the individual women tell where they are located at the start of the play, they bring universality to the script. How does the playwright use the characters to bring universality to the script and show that women like the ones in the play are everywhere? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Sisterhood is another theme in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf. How does the playwright use the play to celebrate the sisterhood that exists between African American women? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In many of the poems, Shange chronicles the relationships of African American women and men. How does she portray these relationships? What is the significance of these relationships? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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